Snack  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood + Earth Element  ·  Veg / Vegan / GF / DF  ·  20 min  ·  Make-ahead

House-made spiced nut butter — almonds toasted in the oven until fragrant and just starting to release their oils, blended with peanuts, drizzled with honey that has been toasted in a dry pan until it deepens to a dark amber and takes on a complexity that raw honey does not have. Cinnamon, cardamom, and a pinch of flaky salt. Apple slices alongside.

Snack  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood Element  ·  Veg / GF / Make-ahead clusters  ·  30 min

Honey-toasted pumpkin seed clusters, cool pear slices, and a small bowl of whipped goat cheese with lemon zest and thyme.

Lunch  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood + Earth Element  ·  Warm grain / cool toppings  ·  Veg / GF with quinoa / DF  ·  40 min

Warm pearled barley as the base. Roasted shiitake — torn into large, irregular pieces and roasted on a sheet tray until the edges are deeply golden and slightly crisp — arranged on top alongside sauteed maitake, pickled radish, bitter greens, and a white miso dressing.

Lunch  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood Element  ·  Meat / Veg with tofu / GF / DF  ·  30 min

Asparagus season and early spring arrive together for a reason.

Dessert  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood Element  ·  Moistening + Warming  ·  Veg / Vegan with maple syrup / GF / DF  ·  35 min

Four whole pears — Bosc or Anjou, peeled with the stem left intact — poached upright in a liquid of honey, fresh ginger, star anise, lemon zest, and vanilla until they are just tender at the thickest point.

Dessert  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood Element  ·  Multi-use base  ·  Veg / Vegan with maple syrup / GF / DF  ·  20 min  ·  Refrigerates 5 days

The most versatile recipe on the entire spring menu. Rhubarb stalks simmered with honey, a strip of orange zest, cardamom, and vanilla until the pieces soften and collapse into a tart, jewel-coloured compote.

Dinner  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood Element  ·  Signature dish  ·  Veg / GF with millet flour gnudi  ·  Day-ahead ricotta drain required  ·  60 min active

This is the signature dish of the Early Spring menu.

Dinner  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood Element  ·  Veg / Meat / GF naturally / DF  ·  40 min

Stinging nettles are one of the most spring-aligned ingredients in the PNW — they arrive in March before almost anything else, growing in patches along roadsides and creek banks, and they are extraordinary in soup.

Breakfast  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood + Earth Element  ·  Veg / GF naturally / DF option  ·  25 min

Three components. Each one clinically grounded. Together, one of the most complete breakfast plates on the spring menu.

Breakfast  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood Element  ·  Room temperature — non-negotiable  ·  Veg / Vegan / GF / DF  ·  10 min

Most green smoothies are cold, loaded with ice, and genuinely problematic for early spring in Oregon — where patients are still running cold and damp from winter and the last thing their digestive system needs is a shock of cold liquid at 7am.

Breakfast  ·  Early Spring  ·  Wood Element  ·  Veg / GF naturally / DF with coconut oil  ·  25 min

This is the first breakfast of the spring menu — and it is built deliberately for where Oregon bodies are in early March.